My 992.2 has AA/CarPlay, and an outstanding user interface, with a nice mix of configurable displays and physical buttons. Fairly certain it is a top 100 product in it's market.
To be fair, it is outsourced to Harmon/Kardon.
Also a reason why suvs and their more ridiculous variants picked up so well. People don't need cars that are worse to drive, but sure as hell they want one because others have them.
That said, they've also been buying ads for the last few years as their growth has sputtered in the face of competition.
Tesla's, along with most other modern cars, have an AEB system, which hits the brakes if the driver is ramming into something.
A juniper Model Y is very fast, no engine noise, can drive itself better than a lot of cars on the highway for a similar price, doesn't need gas - convenient if you have a fast charger at home/work, fewer moving parts to think about in your day to day and control.
I like knobs and AA and will never make that trade... but it makes perfect sense for many people who don't mind the interface.
I'm glad Genesis still has knobs and Lexus is getting back to that now. The German luxury cars can't rely on fantastic engines alone forever.
Fast? Sure.
Many automakers use them for their headunits (ex. both my Chrysler minivan and my Porshce have HK headunits). The headunit in my porsche is also in some VW models and for the HN crew there are some fun hacks you can do with a usb stick to customize some features, including making carplay fullscreen (tap the porsche app to return to the porsche UI)...
kind of ironic because, IMO, the only priority for UX in a car like that is a steering wheel, gas pedal, and brake pedal.
/not jealous.. well maybe a little :)
A better design would be to have a smaller diameter clip-in piece so you can size down when you have a smaller item.
I miss that car. I would buy one again in a heartbeat if BMW still made them.
That's a pretty long list of things for a simple driving machine.
But anyway:
It came with two cup holders in the center console, BMW part 51168205367. There were two more cup holders in the middle armrest for the rear seat. Two additional cup holders were also available, which fit under the top of the glove box -- BMW part 51168184470.
I loved that car and it was brilliant to drive, but it did not represent a "strong stance" about drinking and driving.
It was a rather complex machine that came fitted with plenty of cup holders. :)
Most people call them windshield washer nozzles, or similar. But I find that they're about as useful for that job as I imagine that a monkey pissing on the window might be, so I find the other description -- while vulgar -- to be a better fit.
Anyway, they're heated on cold-weather E36s. IIRC, it's temperature-activated and independent of the defrost switch.
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It's supposed to go something like this on a ice-crusted day with an E36:
1. Find the door lock completely frozen and inoperable
2. Lift the outside door handle for a few seconds to engage the lock heater (!)
3. Succeed at unlocking car.
4. Get in. Start the car. Turn on the front and rear defrosters and the headlights. Retrieve the scrapey-thing
5. Back outside, start scraping.
6. Get tired of that and climb back inside.
7. Try the wipers to see how clear the windshield isn't.
8. Engage the monkey pissers, which are probably de-iced on their own by now and flowing freely
9. Grumble a bit at the results
10. Go to step 5